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William James Frazier McAllister autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3122
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of William McAllister, who was born in Delaware in 1845. McAllister writes about his father who served in the Methodist and Episcopal Churches. McAllister's father and the rest of his family were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1860. McAllister migrated to Utah in 1861 but returned to help other pioneers to come to Utah. He served as a cavalryman in Utah's Black Hawk War and...
Dates:
approximately 1885
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Daniel Duncan McArthur autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 476
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography, photocopy of the manuscript, and a typescript of the item. McArthur was born in New York State; joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint in 1832; lived in Kirtland, Ohio, in Missouri, and in Nauvoo, Illinois. McArthur stayed at Winter Quarters, Nebraska, migrated to Utah in 1848, experienced troubles with Ute Indians, and served on a mission to England for the LDS Church from 1852 to 1856. Also included are blessings of family members and...
Dates:
1900
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Reuben McBride diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2860
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a handwritten diary. McBride left on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the spring of 1857, and he went with a handcart company to the east. He later got passage to England where he served his mission.
Dates:
1857
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Clarance Merrill autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2754
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography. Merrill lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, as a young boy. He migrated to Utah in 1852 and lived in Provo, Salt Lake City, Bear Lake Valley, Cove Creek, and Fillmore, Utah. He also participated in the "Utah War" of 1857 to 1858.
Dates:
1908
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Merrill C. Mickelson collection of Red Rock Chapter newsletters
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 7753
Scope and Contents
Contains the newsletters of the Red Rock Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers in southern Utah, specifically Kanab, Orderville, Mt. Carmel, Glendale, and Alton. The newsletters contain family histories of ancestors of chapter members. Dated 2005 to 2011.
Dates:
2005-2011
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
David Moore diary, autobiography, and history
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 283
Scope and Contents
Typewritten copies of diaries, an autobiography, and a history. The diaries include an "Abridged History of the Salmon River Mission" which is Moore's journal for 1855 when he was serving in the mission. Also included are "Items of History" which tells about the early settlements in Weber County, Utah, and an autobiography to the year 1849 when Moore's diary begins.
Dates:
1849-1855
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Mormon emigration records
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 4150
Scope and Contents
Papers about the emigration of Mormons from England to Utah. Writers of letters include Godfrey Lushington, Julian Pauncefote, M. J. Hoppin, A. F. G. Liddell, J. Vaughan, William M. Everts E. Y. N. Henerson. They are all men in service of the British government (in the United States Charge of Affairs), and correspond under the direction of the Queen of England. The British government's United States Charge of Affairs seems to be in a panic about the "evils" connected with Mormon immigration...
Dates:
1879
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Mormon pioneers : music collection
Collection — oversize-folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2406
Scope and Contents
"The Mormon Pioneers" is the seventh album in the Columbia Records Legacy Collection and was produced by Goddard Lieberson with the aid of the Special Projects Staff: Charles Burr. Joan Meyers, Ira Teichberg, David Rubinson, John Simon, and Arlene Steibel. The songs contained in this album are songs that the Mormon pioneers sang as they migrated West and settled in Utah. The collection contains one 33 1/3 record of "The Mormon Pioneers"; a cassette tape copy of the record; and a printed...
Dates:
1965
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Mary Lois Walker Morris autobiography
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1566
Scope and Contents
Materials include photocopies of the typewritten manuscript of Mary Lois Walker Morris's autobiography. The autobiography details events in Mary's life and the life of her family. It provides insight into religion and family life. It also gives information about Quakers in England, conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, emmigration, and polygamy in Utah. Includes an additional transcription made from the typewritten manuscript. Appears to have been written between...
Dates:
approximately 1895-1908
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Thomas Morris autobiography
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 7661
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of an autobiography of Thomas Morris, written in 1871. Contains an account of his early life in South Wales, including his various occupations and religious affiliations, his emigration to New York in 1832, death of his first wife in 1837, his second marriage, conversion to Mormonism and relocation to Nauvoo in 1844, his impressions of Joseph Smith, and details of service in Mormon Battalion. Concludes with list of his various marriages and dates.
Dates:
1871
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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